[Asterisk-biz] Announcement: FOP 0.23 released

[Nicolás Gudiño]

Dear all,

I'm happy to announce the Flash Operator Panel 0.23 release. FOP is a
switchboard type application for the Asterisk PBX. It runs on a web
browser with the flash plugin. It is able to display information about
your Asterisk box in real time. It is included in AMP, Asterisk at home,
etc. You can grab the latest version from http://www.asternic.org

The incomplete list of new features is:

* Internationalization support (thanks to everyone who contributed a
language file! If your language is missing, please contribute with the
translation. It is a small file, a couple of minutes worth of your time)

* Command line options. You can specify the logdir, pidfile, debug level
and much more from the command line.

* The web_hostname parameter is now optional. It eases the installation
a lot! All systems that include FOP installation and configuration
scripts can now leave the field commented, and the client-server
connection will just work(tm). No need to fiddle with ip addresses,
hostnames, etc.

* Popups via UserEvent can be restricted to one button/viewer only.

* Added font and shadow color parameters for button labels, text
legends, clid and timer.

* Added event_mask parameter to filter unwanted events from the manager

* Improved debian init script. Thanks to Tzafir Cohen.

* It uses a lot less CPU than previous versions on heavy asterisk boxes

* Improved support for parking when using native sip transfers

* It can display queue positions on individual buttons (the list of 
people waiting on a queue). You can drag them out of the queue 
individually, etc.

* Minor bugfixes

* A stupid buglet that I don't know yet about, that will force me to
release 0.24 in a short while.

The upgrade instructions are on the tarball UPGRADE file. Remember to
upgrade the .swf file and to flush your browser cache!

Many thanks to everyone who provided feedback, patches, ideas and 
suggestions.

I'm also saving money to attend to Astricon Fall. Please consider a
small donation to help me cover the travel expenses. (my deepest thanks 
to everyone who already donated to the project!)

PS: Just to let you know, I'm playing now with new tools to develop 
flash clients: swfmill and mtasc. They are great tools, it will ease and 
make the development faster. But the port is not easy, I will work 
slowly on that. If you are a flash OOP actionscript fan and want to 
help, please let me know.

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Nicolás Gudiño <nicolas at house.com.ar>
Buenos Aires - Argentina